Improvement in hay-rake machines



M. HOLDER. Hay-Rake Machine.

No. 214,139. Patented April 8,1879.

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MARION HOLDER, OF HAWESVILLE, KENTUCKY.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 214,139, dated April 8,1879; application filed February 1, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARION HOLDER, of Hawesville, in the county ofHancock and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Hay-Rake Machines;

' and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a plan view of thisinvention. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same.

This invention has relation to improvements in hay raking and gatheringmachines; and the nature of the invention consists in combining with arectangular drag, moving on the ground and provided with teeth on itsfront edge, lateral wings, hinged to said drag so as to vibratehorizontally, and also provided with rake-teeth, the said wings beingguyed to the body or drag by means of ropes.

It also consists in combining with the drag, its swinging wings, andguys connecting the wings to the body of the drag, a rope extendingthrough eyes or pulleys on the drag and connecting the guys together,and a weight suspended from said rope, as will be hereinafter more fullyset forth.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A designates a rectangular framestrongly put together, and, if of wood, usually shod with metal. Fromthe front edge of this frame project teeth a in a horizontal direction,and upon its front edge is erected an open-work frame, 0, which, as thedrag moves forward, gathers the hay in a roll.

The frame 0 is braced to the drag by the metallic rods 12, secured atone end to the top bar of the frame, and at the other to the rear partof the drag.

D indicates the wings of my improved hayrake, the same being usually anopen-work triangular frame, arranged vertically and hinged 10 vibratehorizontally to the front part of the rag.

Usually the frame or wings D will have hooks secured thereto, whichengage eyes upon the fore part of the drag, as shown in Fig. 1.

The lower rails of the wings, which just clear the ground, are providedwith projecting teeth a.

When in working position, the wings form an obtuse angle relative to thefront bar of the drag, and their teeth a are parallel to the teeth a,above described, being set in at an obtuse angle to the wings for thispurpose.

The draft-animals are attached to the ends of the wings, and the latterare prevented from swinging to the front beyond the position shown inFig. 1 by the guy-ropes Gr, secured to the wings at one end and to thedrag at the other.

When the hay has been gathered by the forward movement of the rake insufficient quantity, the animals are turned to the right and left, theteeth a drawn out of the hay, and after a short backward movement of therake the teeth a are likewise disengaged. The teeth being then behindand taking no hold, the machine may be drawn to any desired posi' tionand a new load gathered.

The ropes Gr are connected together by means of a rope, J, extendingthrough eyes 0 on the frame 0, and provided with a weight, or, betweensaid eyes.

When the wings D are swung back to drop their load the weight w falls,thus drawing rope J through the eyes 0 and taking up the slack of theguys. By this means the said guys are prevented from dragging on theground and fouling the rake.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a drag having projecting teeth a on its front,of the lateral wings D, having teeth a, and hinged to said drag, and theguy-ropes G, connecting the wings and drag, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the drag-rake A, the rake-wings D, hingedthereto, and the guyropes G, connecting the wings and drag, of a rope,J, connecting guys Gr, extending through eyes on the drag, and providedwith a weight, w, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

MARION HOLDER.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. McAnAMs, MURRY WILLIAMS.

